Elections 2021

EIEP Podcast: The debate over Ethiopia’s bulging capital

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In this episode, Ethiopia Insight Election Project’s Martha Kuwee Kumsa asks Yared Tsegaye, an Ethiopia Insight reporter based in Addis Ababa, to reflect on issues he raised in the EIEP’s ‘Pushing boundaries in Ethiopia’s contested capital‘.

Low-cost condominium units built at the Koye Feche area for evicted farmers. Ethiopia Insight; March 2021

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Ethiopia Insight Election Project Podcasts are authors’ reflections on their in-depth reported pieces from across Ethiopia that analyze issues related to this year’s polls.

Main photo: Balcha Birru, a farmer evicted from the Qerssa village in 2013 as construction began for the Koye Feche condominiums, Yared Tsegaye, April 2021.

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